Fantastic Four Commission (20x 30), 2003
As discussed previously here, John Byrne does (or did?) some amazing commissions. The reason I’m not confident on my verb tense here is that I hear John stopped creating them when he put his artistic efforts behind his X-Men “fan-fiction” project.
One of most interseting facts about these commissions is that John has done them as large as 30×40. That’s slightly bigger than a movie poster!
This terrific one here is 20×30. I’m the second owner, as the first one sold his entire collection all at once. Right place, right time for me; I’m a big fan (no pun intended) of the Super-Skrull.
I commissioned Len O’Grady to color the piece for me, and he did a terrific job. If I recall correctly, we sent it over to JB, who approved it as well.
(And if my recollection were incorrect about that, it would not surprise me to hear about it. John is not shy about offering his opinion.)
